The best video games of August 2022: Cult of the Lamb, Immortality, and more

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After a somewhat light (but still fantastic) summer for video games, more notable releases started to come out in August 2022. Unfortunately, none of them were heavy hitters as games like Saints Row, Madden NFL 23, and Soul Hackers 2 were critical disappointments. Despite that, there were still some great games that came out this month if you knew where to look.

From odd indies that mashed up Animal Crossing with a death cult to a groundbreaking full-motion video game, indies shined this month. If you’re wondering what you should play ahead of the rush of notable titles coming this fall and don’t want to check out August’s lackluster AAA games, try giving these six games a shot. 

Few games feel more Devolver Digital than Cult of the Lamb. On the surface, this might seem like a basic social simulation game, like Animal Crossing, starring cute animals. In reality, it’s also a bloody roguelike about forming and running a cult that worships an evil deity. During the roguelike segments, players try to take down other gods, gathering resources along the way. Then they return to their cult and build it up, constructing new facilities and keeping their followers happy and worshipping. 

“Cult of the Lamb explores that balancing act through a darkly comedic premise pulled straight from the golden age of the company Newgrounds,” Giovanni Colantonio’s three-and-a-half star review of the game explains. “It’s a hellishly addictive management game that revels in its religious farce like cultists prancing around a bonfire.”

Cult of the Lamb’s cute-to-horrifying aesthetic screams “memorable indie game,” and it lives up to that idea. Whether you like management games, roguelikes, or just cult stories, this one is worth checking out.